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H'dq'rs., Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Hooker, commanding Federal 20th A. C., May 7, - 9, 1864.
These troops, having crossed Taylor's Ridge, May 7, moved E. to this vicinity. Williams' 1st & Butterfield's 3d divs. camped in Dogwood Valley near Trickum; …
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Otherwise known as Buzzard Roost. This natural gateway through Rock Face Ridge, was heavily fortified by Confederate forces at Dalton, after theirretreat from Missionary Ridge.
February 25, 1864, the Federal 14th A.C., Dept. of the Cumberland, …
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May 8, 1864, Brig. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck's & Candy's brigades 2d div., A.C., marched on this road from Near Gordon's Springs. Turning E. here(near Whitfield - Walker County line ), Geary's troops moved to Dug Gap in Rocky Face Ridge 5 mi…
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May 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck`s & Candy`s brigades of the 2d div., 20th A.C., moving from near Gordon`s Springs, reached this, the Babb Settlement, at 3 p.m.
Planting McGill`s Penna. Battery (3 inch Rodman guns) near Joel Ba…
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Ante-bellum domain of Joel Babb (1809~1882) - on Mill Cr., foot of Rocky Face at Dug Gap.
May 8, 1864. 1 A. M.: Col. W.C.P. Breckinridge's 9th Ky., Grigsby's brigade, Wheeler's cav., descended from Dug Gap & patrolled the roads N. & W. to ascer…
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May 7, 1864. Gen. Hooker`s 20th A.C. crossed Taylor's Ridge at Nickajack & Gordon Springs Gaps, moving E. toward Rocky Face Ridge. Geary's 2d & Butterfield's 3d divs., via Gordon`s Springs, reached this point that afternoon. Butterfield's troops m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Y2_callaway-place-1814_Rocky-Face-GA.html
Jesse Callaway, soldier of 1812, son of Joseph Callaway, soldier of '76, lived in this house from 1852 to 1867. The house, built with bricks made on the place, remained in the family until after 1900. It is said to have been built about 1814. Call…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XU_the-flooded-gap_Rocky-Face-GA.html
The Confederate defenders of Dalton impounded the waters of Mill Creek by a dam, in the gap, as a measure of defense when Federal forces under Sherman assailed this opening in Rocky Face Ridge. This temporary lake, together with fortifications in …